OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240378
RESPIRATORY,TANK TRUCK,CONFINED SPACE,PPE,METHYLENE CHLORIDE,WORK RULES,INHALATION,TANK CLEANING,TOXIC FUMES,CHEMICAL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE BREATHED METHYLENE CHLORIDE IN TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ASSIGNED THE JOB OF CLEANING A TANK TRUCK WHICH HAD CONTAINED POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL. THE TANK WAS FIRST CLEANED WITH HOT SO APY WATER IN A CLOSED SYSTEM. AFTER THE TANK TRUCK WAS DRAINED, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTE RED THE TANK TO CLEAN SOME SPOTS WITH METHYLENE CHLORIDE, A CLEANING AGENT USED FOR PETROLEUM BASED PRODUCTS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OVERCOME BY METHYLENE CHLORIDE AND COLLAPSED. HE DIED FIVE DAYS LATER. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER TANK ENTR Y PROCEDURES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 19
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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